Listed Building record MDO17700 - Dairy Farm buildings at rear of former dairy, Affpuddle

Dairy farm buildings built in 1914 by H Munro Cautley in association with Halsey Ricardo for Sir Ernest Debenham's model dairy farm, consisting of cow shed, feed shed, store and barn, calving boxes, calf courts and covered yard. Built in brick, concrete block, steel stancheons and trusses with roofs of asbestos tile, patent interlocking tile and black glazed pantile, with patent roof lights.

Dairy Farm buildings at rear (south) of former dairy. Dairy farm buildings. 1914. H Munro Cautley in association with Halsey Ricardo for Sir Ernest Debenham's model dairy farm: cow shed, feed shed, store and barn, calving boxes, calf courts and covered yard. Brick, concrete block, steel stancheons and trusses. Roofs of asbestos tile, patent interlocking tile and black glazed pantile, patent roof lights. A symmetrical plan intended and partly constructed to the south and on the central axis of the dairy listed as Nos 29 and 30 and Nos 1 and 2 Dairy Bungalows, Briantspuddle (q.v.). Cow shed flanks east side of central axis: originally of 17 bays linked with south side of dairy, but 4 northern bays now demolished. At south end cow shed links with north side of bay cross axial feed shed: Two parallel ranges with cowshed roof extended over north range and duplicated on west side: gabled south range with patent tile roof contains loft for granary and grinding. Gabled 5 bay corn barn to east and similar roof store to west. A covered yard with 11 bay steel truss gabled roof on east side of cow shed with corn barn at south end. Yard entered on east side at north and south ends of 8 bay range of calving boxes. A 7-bay range of calf courts at north end of yard. Both ranges with hipped pantile roofs. Cow shed:concrete block wall panels between stancheons,high level steel frame windows, triangulated steel frame trusses, glazed ridge lights with louvred side vents, tiled floor with concrete mangers to either side of central milking floor and outer feeding passages. Feed shed, barn and roof store of bricks, roof lights of glass pantiles to feed shed. A cart entry in gable and walls of barn and store with concrete lintels and a Diocletion window over each in gable; metal frames. Irregular fenestration to south side of feed shed with 2 double ledge and braced doors, segmental brick heads to steel framed casements and in gable end windows. Barn and store have a 2-light window with a central vent in the frame to each bay on the south side. Covered yard: roof gables with vertical board facing. Calving box and calf court ranges of concrete block panels, brick piers to entries on east side with steel segmental arches over vertical board doors to boxes and courts. Important for group value with dairy building. Listing NGR: SY8193593111. <1> Briantspuddle Dairy Farm in Affpuddle in a Grade II listed model farmstead. <2> Planning applications dating to 1991 to convert buildings from agricultural to domestic use.

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